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straighten

[streyt-n] / ˈstreɪt n /


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She says every effort thereafter to straighten things out met the runaround.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Or could the head of the country's supreme audit institution, another Socialist named Pierre Moscovici, help straighten the country's finances?

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

Should these innings be used to straighten out previously-successful relievers such as Treinen and Scott?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

“You want to straighten out the budget?” he asked.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025

Mom started acting like she really needed to straighten one of the pictures on Chess’s wall, above his bed.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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